A preoperative low-energy, high-protein diet led to significant weight loss and improved postoperative symptoms in colorectal ...

Angel Luk, RD, Registered Dietician, talks about how important it is for patients to follow the pre-operative diet before having bariatric surgery. 'We got a real problem': GOP alarm after narrow win ...

Bariatric surgery is a powerful weight-loss tool that requires substantial diet and lifestyle changes after the operation. Ensuring enough nutrition can be challenging, with reduced stomach size and ...

Overweight patients waiting for operations could safely use a particular type of weight-loss treatment to reduce the risk of surgical complications linked to their obesity, a new study reveals. The ...

After 4 weeks, obesity surgery led to rapid, extensive hormonal changes in multiple endocrine pathways, particularly during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), while a low-energy diet achieving ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers say drugs such as Ozempic can improve the outcomes of bariatric surgery. NurPhoto/Getty Images Researchers report that people who lose weight prior to bariatric surgery ...

In a retrospective study, semaglutide use leading up to bariatric surgery was not linked with greater weight loss a year after surgery. Rates of diabetes remission and complications were also ...

At UChicago Medicine, bariatric surgeon Dr. Vanessa Buie treats patients who have reached the maximum GLP-1 dose or hit a weight-loss plateau. She says there is strong evidence supporting the use of ...

Share on Pinterest A new study looked at the impact of taking GLP-1 drugs before bariatric surgery. Halfpoint/Getty Images New research finds that using GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic before bariatric ...

Some people don’t lose enough weight after bariatric surgery, but a new study shows that adding a daily shot of GLP-1 drug liraglutide can help patients shed extra pounds and may reduce the need for ...

Share on Pinterest Metabolic and bariatric surgery is more effective for long-term weight loss than lifestyle changes and GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound. Nastasic/Getty Images ...